Manusmriti [sanskrit]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 23,875 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the Sanskrit text of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of verses dealing with ‘Dharma-Shastra’—the ancient Indian science of Law, Spritual life, Politics and Ethics.. The edition of this text is based on Ganganatha Jha’s translation of the same text.

Verse 2.29

प्राङ् नाभिवर्धनात्पुंसो जातकर्म विधीयते ।
मन्त्रवत्प्राशनं चास्य हिरण्यमधुसर्पिषाम् ॥ २९ ॥

prāṅ nābhivardhanātpuṃso jātakarma vidhīyate |
mantravatprāśanaṃ cāsya hiraṇyamadhusarpiṣām || 29 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.29 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prak, Pran, Pranc, Nabhivardhana, Pums, Jatakarman, Vidh, Vidhi, Iyat, Iyata, Mantravat, Prashana, Idam, Hiranya, Dhu, Sarpis,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.29). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “prāṅ nābhivardhanātpuṃso jātakarma vidhīyate
  • prāṅ -
  • prāk (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prāṅ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prāñc (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    prāñc (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nābhivardhanāt -
  • nābhivardhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • puṃso* -
  • puṃs (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • jātakarma -
  • jātakarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vidhī -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vidhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    vidhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vidh (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vidh (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • iyate -
  • iyat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    iyat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    iyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present middle third plural]
  • Line 2: “mantravatprāśanaṃ cāsya hiraṇyamadhusarpiṣām
  • mantravat -
  • mantravat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mantravat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • prāśanam -
  • prāśana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • hiraṇyam -
  • hiraṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hiraṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hiraṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhu -
  • dhu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhū (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • sarpiṣām -
  • sarpis (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
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